“There is no failure, only feedback.”
This is one of the presuppositions of Neuro-Linguistic Programming and it’s become a favorite of mine since I first heard it. While the overall claims behind the practice are sometimes a little far fetched, there are a great number of great pieces of common sense wisdom. My experience has showed me that this is one of the most important.
Filed under Philosophy, Planning and Productivity
When’s the last time you took some time for yourself? Hell, when’s the last time you got a good night’s sleep?
In December 2009, Science Magazine had an article about this, where it cited a study by two researchers from the Harvard Business School that showed that taking time off increased productivity, communication, job satisfaction, and a number of other benefits.
I stopped making New Year’s Resolutions a long time ago because I realized that the whole practice has a massive fundamental flaw that creates a huge barrier to making them happen.
That flaw is that you’re giving yourself an excuse to procrastinate. There isn’t anything magical about January 1 and so there is no logical reason to put off doing what you can start doing now. If you want to lose weight, learn Mandarin, or train for a 5K, there’s no reason you can’t immediately start eating better, enroll in a class, or get out on the road and run.
Filed under Lifestyle, Planning and Productivity
Every day, we all try to handle a lot of different things while trying to get them all done. A lot of that time is spent on one thing at the expense of the others. Personally, I really like doing what I can to keep a personal balance between all the things that are important in my world. It helps me maintain a feeling of fulfillment.
Filed under Lifestyle, Philosophy, Planning and Productivity
Why do you get out of bed and go to work in the morning?
All motivating factors boil down to one of two things. You’re either moving toward something or moving away from something. Turning it back to the first question I posed, there are two basic answers. You get up and go to work because you want to build your future and buy cool stuff. The alternative is that you go to work because you don’t want to be fired and/or homeless.
Filed under Philosophy, Planning and Productivity
Why are people so amazed when I tell them I’m working to lose weight during “the holidays”? Between the end of October and the middle of January, in America, there are two to four actual holidays, depending on your traditions. For some reason, people have come to believe that this is a ten week period of spending too much, being lazy, and eating terribly.
Filed under Philosophy, Planning and Productivity
The morning of September 26, 2011, I stepped on a bathroom scale for the first time in longer than I care to remember. The number that showed up was a lot higher than I’d expected.
This isn’t going to be some melodrama about how I made a decision then and there to change my ways. That decision had been made quite some time ago. This day was my initial weigh in to see what I was starting with. I’d already figured out where I wanted to be and what I was going to do to get there. This morning, just over two months later, my morning weigh-in was 40lb less than it was when I started. It’s a pretty good start but there’s a long way to go.
Filed under Health and Physical, Planning and Productivity
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